Boxer Amir Khan has announced he is set to get engaged this Sunday in Bolton!

Amir Khan is set to swap rings with Pakistani-American student Faryal Makhdoom in front of 1,000 people at a lavish £150,000 engagement party at Bolton Wanderers’ Reebok Stadium on the 29th of January.

The International Boxing Federation announced just hours before the hearing was scheduled to start in New Jersey that the Englishman’s team had changed their minds without giving a reason.

An statement from IBF public relations director Jeanette Salazar said: “I just wanted to advise you that at approximately 4:50 PM, EST, the IBF received notice that Golden Boy Promotions withdrew their appeal of the Khan-Peterson bout. The hearing that was scheduled for tomorrow (Wednesday,1/18) has been cancelled. We have not received any further information on this decision by Golden Boy Promotions.”

Khan complained to both the WBA and IBF after losing his light-welterweight titles to Peterson in the American’s native Washington on December 10.

He highlighted several grievances, chiefly referee Joe Cooper’s deduction of two points, the judges’ scoring of the bout and the unexplained presence of ‘mystery man’ Mustafa Ameen at ringside.

Khan, along with father Shah and business manager Asif Vali, flew from Britain to the United States today ahead of the hearing in Newark, New Jersey.

One possible explanation for the withdrawal of the appeal could be that Golden Boy and Peterson’s team have come to an agreement over a rematch between themselves.